kevin space breaking news. the death of a political legend, ed koch, dynamic and outspoken mayor of new york city is dead at the age of 88. alaskan flight, the pilot passing out in the cockpit. the first officer forced to take control. and the superstar and the super bowl, beyonce uses her singing voice to silence some of her critics. ♪ and the rockets red glare >> vowing to sing live on sunday as america gets set for its big

game. >> and we're getting set with al in san francisco and natalie live in baltimore "today," friday, february 1st, 2013. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie. you did not have to grow up in new york city to know the name ed koch, who served as mayor for three terms from 1978 to 1989 and used his sometimes combative style to help rescue the city from near financial ruin. >> i did grow up around here. he was a force. when you would come across a voter, he would always say, how am i doing? am i doing okay? he died overnight at new york presbyterian hospital here in the city where he made his mark with a larger than life personality.

here is nbc's ron allen. >> hi! >> reporter: ed koch was a quintessential new yorker and one of the city's most popular and outspoken politicians, known for his no nonsense in your face colorful personality and his trademark question asked of friends and faoes alike, even o "saturday night live." >> how am i doing? >> reporter: edward irving koch was born in the bronx new york in 1984, drafted out of college by the army to serve in world war ii. when he returned home, he began climbing the political ladder. a lifelong democrat, who served on new york city council, then three terms in the congress. and in 1977, he became new york's 105th mayor, a job koch often said he wanted for life. koch tool took over a city facing financial crisis and was credited with saving it from disaster. he was mayor for 12 years that

were spirited, irreverent and rarely, if ever, boring. he lost to mario cuomo. >> i promised i would never run for governor again. >> you promised that before. >> in 1989 he lost his bid for an unprecedented fourth term as mayor to david bicken. >> i want you not to feel sorry for me. believe me, there is a life after mayorcy. >> reporter: he never married nor had any children. he endure aid stroke, heart attack and quadruple bypass surgery after leaving office. he also wrote more than a dozen books, became an enthusiastic twitter user and came into the homes of many americans as the judge on "the people's court." >> judgment for the plaintiff. >> reporter: one former new york

mayor said he wouldn't wish the position on his worst enemy but koch said it's the greatest job anyone could ever have. he was certainly an unbelievably colorful figure who dearly will be missed here in new york and around the state, around this country for that matter. flags will be flown at half-staff and funeral arrangements have been made, that service will be held here in manhattan on monday. matt? >> thank you very much. and mr. mayor, thanks for everything. here is savannah. >> matt, thanks. another breaking story this morning. a pilot lost consciousness during an alaska airlines flight to seattle. his co-pilot was then forced to make an emergency landing in portland, oregon. tom costello covers aviation for us. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. this is why commercial airplanes always have two pilots in the cockpit. alaska airlines flight 473 flying from l.a. to seattle that left l.a. about 6:40 pm. it was mid flight when the pilot suddenly became unconscious. the plane was on autopilot at the time. the first officer took over the

controls and declared an emergency and put the plane down in portland, oregon. a doctor on board helped to treat the pilot and paramedics in portland then met the plane on the ramp and assisted with treatment before taking him to a nearby hospital. we don't have any word on his condition. we're told he is a 28-year veteran pilot. the first officer is an 11-year veteran pilot. some of the passengers were rebooked on a shuttle flight to seattle while others had to wait for a replacement pt pilot till midnight. we have cell phone video of a flight in denver, scheduled to come into san diego -- rather from san diego to new york city was diverted due to an unruly passenger onboard. jetblue 185 landed in denver about 7:156789 our affiliate there, kusa reports it was a, quo quote, customer service issue between a flight attendant and female passenger. once she was escorted off the plane, the flight was back in the air.

denver police, tsa and fbi are now investigating that incident. >> tom costello, thank you for that. tamron hall is over at the news desk. there was a bombing at the embassy in turkey. >> that's right. good morning, everyone. an explosion, as matt mentioned, outside the embassy in turkey. local police say a suicide bomber detonated in the capital city, killing two people, reportedly both security guards. ambulances at the scene are responding to several people who were wounded. dozens are dead in mexico city after a massive explosion rocked a state-owned oil complex. rescuers are searching through the rubble as investigators search for the cause of that blast that killed at least 25 people and injured more than 100 others. today, apologizing as thousands of personal pages are released, detailing years of

alleged abuse by l.a. priests. cardinal mahoney now has been stripped of his duties. >> a 14-year-old boy is recovering today after he was shot in the back of the neck. police say they have the shooter, suspected shooter, another student, in custody. a massive pile-up on an indiana interstate involving 40 vehicles. the road was closed in both directions for hours as crews cleared that accident. several people were hurt there. now let's head to wall street. cnbc's courtney reagan has the latest from the new york stock exchange on this friday. good morning, courtney. >> good morning to you, tamron. jobs report will set the tone for the market today. it is the first one of 2013. and this comes as the dow finishes its strongest january in 19 years. if you believe the old adage as goes january so goes the rest of the year, we could be in for a very strong 2013.

automakers also expected to report their strongest january for sales in five years. tamron? >> courtney, thanks so much. and a final farewell to one of our favorite shows here at nbc. "30 rock" finale aired last night, ending the show's seven-year run. there were tears, laughs and even some familiar faces. >> get in your purple bentley and be home with your sharks before the tri-state area gets slammed before what's being called snowicane, white lady name or something. >> over the last seven years. wow! it is now 7:08. savannah, matt, you heard tracy morgan say they didn't get the ratings but still got paid. >> they got the last laugh. >> you dissed savannah. >> thank you. >> she was in the final episode as well. >> no, no, no, i was building up

to it. >> can you re-enact like beyonce showed it was the real deal? will you do exactly your scene from "30 rock" live because i believe it was staged. >> tamron, you can talk and talk and talk. the moment is over. you dised me. and it's going in your file. >> payback for your cooking. payback. >> i thought you were fabulous. >> thank you. now to natalie and al's friday field trip, in the cities of baltimore and san francisco. al, you have a huge crowd. so do you, natalie. >> i can't even hear you, because the crowd here is so crazy. niners rule, baby! they rule! what you got there, morales? what do you have, morales? you ain't got this. what have you got? >> al, let the crowd speak for itself, guys. look at this. we have got ravens cheerleaders. look at this.

we have a crowd here, al. i can't even hear you. we have you beat! >> i wish they would get more into the story. >> we'll go back to al in san francisco. how about a check of the weather this time, al? >> i can't even hear what you guys are saying. this crowd is so crazy. i can tell you what. remember that nursery rhyme? four and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie? that's what's happening on super bowl sunday. the 49ers, who play in the super bowl, they're going for 6-0, winning a super bowl. all right. take a look at bay bridge. it is beautiful. it's part of an art installation. this is actually an art project that goes up live on march 5th.

but they're giving us a little preview. take a look what's going on weatherwise for you. i'm going to tell you, look at these windchills. current temperatures single digits. windchills well below zero. cold air across the great lakes. we've got lake-effect snow to talk about. snowfall amounts anywhere from three to six inches, up to a foot. you can see they're getting some snow down in baltimore. they said it would be a cold day if baltimore wins the super bowl. it didn't snow there this morning. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your -- hold on. i'm so excited -- here's your local forecast, but first this message. oh! while managing their schedule with my producing partner. i set up kid's corner so they can learn and play games without deleting my stuff. "working mom" is sometimes a tough role to play, but it's definitely the one i was born for.

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underground bunker since tuesday afternoon. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in mid dms land city, alabama, this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, s savannah. the intense standoff is now entering its fourth day. police are being very cautious, saying the boy is unharmed. now we're hearing from the family of the murdered bus driver for the first time. up this dirt road, police and s.w.a.t. teams are closely watching an underground bunker. in it, a 5-year-old hostage and a man who police say opened fire on a school bus. >> the past few days have not been easy on anybody. >> reporter: the suspect is 65-year-old jimmy lee dike, a loner who distrusts the government. the boy is described only as ethan. the two are holed up underground in a four by six feet bunker, said to be full of supplies, including a television. >> he may have something to say

and he wants people to hear him. not sure what that is, but i don't think he intends to hurt that little boy. >> reporter: hostage negotiators have been talking to him through a pvc pipe and he has allowed police to send medicine and coloring books for the boy down that pipe. >> as long as you can measure that, there's no need to move this forward and perhaps get someone hurt. >> reporter: it all started tuesday when police say that he boarded a school bus, demanding two random children. the driver refused and that's when he allegedly shot and killed poland and made off with ethan. aaron poland and his sister, lidia, are the son and daughter of the bus driver. they want the world to know their father died a hero. >> every time a child got on my dad's bus, they were no longer their parents, they were his. he considered them his children. and i know that's the reason why

my dad took those shots for his children, just like he would do for me and my sister. >> reporter: they say their father wasn't the type to back down. >> my daddy was not just a hero on tuesday. my daddy was a hero my whole life. he was my hero. >> reporter: this standoff has dragged on for more than 60 hours now. several schools in the area remain closed as this town prays for a peaceful resolution. savannah? >> gabe gutierrez in midland city, alabama. now here's matt. put to a vote some time last week after hagel was met with sharp questions on either side of the aisle. capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell has more on that. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt.

the white house is not sounding any alarm bells. officials do say this was not a perfect performance from chuck hagel who, as you point out, is a republican who spent 12 years here in the senate representing nebraska. that should have made him very familiar with hearing that can get contentious, but it didn't turn out that way. respected for his decorated combat service in vietnam, but repeatedly pressed about his views on today's hot spots, even democrats took issue when chuck hagel referred to iran as a legitimate government. >> i do not see iran or the iranian government as a legitimate government. i want your thoughts on that. >> what i meant to say is it's recognizable, is recognized at the united nations. >> reporter: both parties wanted reassurance on israel. >> i'm a strong supporter of israel. i have been. i will continue to be. >> reporter: while hagel had done prep sessions in advanced, he appeared unprepared when challenged on past statements, like saying the jewish lobby

intimidates on capitol hill. >> name one person, in your opinion, who is intimidated by the israeli lobby in the united states senate. >> well, first -- >> name one. >> i don't know. >> reporter: another old friend wanted hagel to concede that he had been wrong to oppose the iraq troop surge. >> are you going to answer the question, senator hagel? the question is, were you right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. >> i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer. >> reporter: some republicans questioned hagel's judgment on national security. >> why do you think that the iranian foreign ministry so strongly supports your nomination? >> i feel like i want to apologize for some of the tone and demeanor. >> reporter: while democrats suggested hagel was given a hard time. >> always enjoy being before the senate. >> reporter: and he enjoyed that for nearly eight hours on the hot seat. he still has some more homework to turn in to fellow senators. while a number of republicans --

hagel is a republican -- say they will not support him, democrats are supporting him. therefore, the white house says they don't think his nomination is in trouble. >> kelly o'donnell, thank you very much. more on the buildup to super bowl xlvii. the game kind of took a backseat on thursday to beyonce. jenna wolfe is in new orleans. >> reporter: two days to go now until super bowl xlvii. while, yes, football is the topic du jour, beyo nce and her half time show are a close second. leave it to beyonce to defend herself in the most creative way possible in the most recent scandal. >> would you mind standing? >> reporter: oh, say can she sing it? ♪ o say can you see by the dawn's early light ♪ >> reporter: scored a star

spangled touchdown thursday. ♪ and the rockets red glare >> reporter: live. ♪ o say does that star spangled banner yet wave ♪ >> reporter: solo. ♪ o'er the land of the free >> reporter: and flawless. ♪ and the home of the brave ♪ the brave >> reporter: quite a way to address the lip syncing uproar. >> any questions? well, i am a perfectionist. >> reporter: for the first time

since that presidential performance, beyonce spoke out. ♪ the bombs bursting in air >> reporter: admitting that she sang along with her own prerecorded track at the inauguration. >> due to the weather, due to the delays, due to no proper sound check, i did not feel comfortable taking a risk. it was about the president and the inauguration and i wanted to make him and my country proud. so i decided to sing along with my prerecorded track, which is very common in the music industry. and i'm very proud of my performanc performance. >> reporter: and the much-anticipated half time headliner assured everyone she's definitely going live at sunday's super bowl show. >> and i will absolutely be singing live. this is what i was born to do. >> reporter: now, she was tight lipped about who she was rooting

for except for, of course, a flawless half time show. she has been practicing for five months and she knows all eyes and all ears and all ears and all ears will be on her come sunday at the super bowl. savannah? >> jenna wolfe, thank you very much. i have to say, way to go, beyonce, silencing the critics in three minutes. >> it was pretty good, that version. i have to admit. al? >> in fact, our crowd here, they can't wait. they can't wait to hear beyonce in the half time show, especially when the niners are up a couple of touchdowns over the ravens. >> oh, natalie, respond. >> i can barely hear. i will say beyonce sounds beautiful. by the way, al, you remember, we have our friendly wager, right, monday morning? this is going to be you, al.

monday, you are going to be a baltimore raven. all right? >> i'm going to let the 49ers do the talking for us. and i just hope you've got your pick ax and your little miner outfit. >> wasn't sure where you were going with that one, al. >> i'm not sure. >> we're going to let you fight this out. and we'll see what happens on sunday. we'll vch more from new orleans, san francisco and baltimore coming up. >> i just got a tweet saying whatever al and natalie are having this morning, they want some of that, too. the super bowl, as we guarantee you'll be talking about on monday, we'll talk to its stars. but first this is "today" on nbc.

up next, al and natalie tell us how the super bowl cities are

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. one man is dead and another seriously injured after a late- night shooting in edgewood. officers arrived on the scene of kenwood court 10:30 last night. the two victims were found inside cunion field. one victim was found dead at the scene, the other taken to shock trauma with injuries.

no word on a possible suspect. here is kim dacey and traffic pulse 11. >> we have a lot of problem spots to talk about. greenspring, closer to the city, carroll county, nicodemus road, route 27 and 26 and woodbine road, buckhorn road. philadelphia and jones road, and 295 at 100, reports of a crashed there. eastbound 100 and telegraph road, telegraph and 32, at rte. 50 and davidsonville road. patuxent river road remains closed for high water and flooding caused by the storms the other day. 895 at harbor tunnel looks pretty good. latest ons the traffic pulse 11. >> most of the snow is east of the baltimore area. to the west, the snow has ended.

the accumulation we have seen and gotten reports of in carroll county, enough to coat the ground, anyway. these darker green bands are where the more significant snow accumulations are going to be. in baltimore is 28 degrees. humidity is 98%. the winds pick up during the day. our forecast is calling for a high around freezing. west northwest winds this west northwest winds this

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7:30 now on this friday morning, the 1st of february, 2013. and super bowl excitement is building across the country. and nowhere more than in the super bowl cities. al is in 49ers territory this morning while natalie mingles with ravens nation in baltimore. we'll tell you how all those fans are gearing up for game day. >> looks like real football weather in baltimore. that's cool. >> i know. the queion is, is there football weather in new orleans? they have the super dome. it's good that i knew that. >> exactly. >> some progress. news you can use in the wake of the chinese cyber attacks on "the new york times" and wall street journal, the online security hole that is you need

to fill at home and at work to protect yourself from computer hackers. >> all right. we'll begin this half hour, though, with a super bowl commercial that has some people laughing and others who say it goes a little too far. we'll talk to the commercial's stars in a moment. first, nbc's stephanie gosk has more on the controversy. good morning. >> good morning, savannah. the first thing any good commercial must do is capture the audience's attention, funny, shocking or gross. go daddy goes for all three, drumming up controversy and this super bowl commercial starts to get some buzz. go daddy's commercial is called the perfect match. wink, wink. nudge, nudge. race car driver and spokeswoman danica patrick tees it up. >> there are two sides to go daddy, the sexy side, and the smart side that creates a killer website for your business, represented by walter. >> kind of funny and then,

depending on your threshold, shocking. the extra who is everywhere, but who no one really knows. here is where it gets interesting. the full-length commercial goes in for a tight, leave no tongue to the imagination close-up. go daddy says this slightly tamer version will air on cbs during the super bowl. the internet company has made a marketing campaign out of commercial controversy. >> has go daddy gone too far this time? >> well -- >> some say the commercial is too hot for tv. >> how hot is too hot? >> in 2008 the company says their first super bowl commercial was rejected, but the one that did air made sure viewers could find the racy original. >> you won't see it on tv, but it's on at go daddy.com. >> 1.5 million people visited their website by the end of the game. the shock and awe strategy seem s to work. so this year they are back at it. >> look at that, dude. >> something that should be on tv or not on tv? >> definitely not.

>> one word to describe that commercial. go. >> incest. >> gross. >> gosh, oh, gosh. >> how much is she paid for that? >> what anyone wants to see makes little difference. what matters is whether or not they remember it. just an interesting fact about the commercial. they shot that commercial in the same commercial where they shot the movie "psycho." back to you. >> all right. >> interesting tidbit. >> stephanie gosk, thanks. jesse hamon stars in that commercial along with super model, with us from tel aviv. good morning, one and all. >> good morning. >> i feel the first question everybody wants to have answered is how many takes did it take to get that? >> i can't remember. it was just a great experience. it was like over 45 or something. >> is that because you kept messing up on purpose?

>> no. i just tried to -- we tried to get it as perfect as possible. >> when you went for the audition, jesse, did they tell you right up front this is going to involve making out with. >> yes. in fact, on the audition, they asked are you okay doing that. >> is this a trick question? >> right, exactly. >> let's bring barre in. did you have any second thoughts about doing this? i don't mean with jesse. i mean in general. >> you know, it's a funny thing because i actually had this very strange dream that all my friends know about. i always wanted to go to a club or somewhere filled with people, look around, choose the most -- the one guy that's most unlikely that i'll ever kiss or pay attention to and go and kiss him in front of everyone so he will be happy and will remember it for the rest of -- i don't know, the week.

so, no, i didn't have any second thoughts. for me it was almost like go daddy made my dream come true. >> bar, do you want to tell the world what you told us about jes jesse's skills? >> jesse, can you hear me? >> i can hear you, yes. good morning. >> good morning. >> okay. jesse, i told jesse that when we kissed, but he's a very, very good kisser. >> jesse. >> you have to go online to see the rest of the commercial. >> if i were you, i wouldn't even have to be paid after that. that's enough right there. >> that's an endorsement. >> there are two versions of this commercial. >> right. >> one is much more explicit, showing the tongues here. do you understand and think it's the right decision that the tamer version air in the super bowl? >> i understand that they're being cautious because cbs is where the whole wardrobe malfunction happened but i think people -- they go back and forth.

but i think it's a good idea to have two versions so that people can see the tame version and then if they're interested in seeing the more wild version. >> bar, what about you? are you happy that the tamer version is airing or would you be fine if the more explicit version aired? >> i would have been very much fine with the second one airing and not the tamer oneme, you kn, but people know what to do, that's their job and i trust them to make their decisions. but i just feel like if you do something like that and it's filled with a lot of humor and, you know, we kind of joke about ourselves here, then go all the way. but i trust the people that know better than me, that know television. >> let's bring in our expert. good segue. do you think that this pushes the envelope of good taste or is this a really good commercial? >> i think it's a great commercial for go daddy. go daddy has looked at the

sensationalism for a long time and want to capture your attention. we talked about the other day with the new add, the deutsch has brought it to a new level. go daddy is a technology company, personified in jesse. but they're still staying true to that sexy -- >> did cbs make the right call? >> i think they probably did for the viewing public in general. they have this history of bringing people to the website. >> i spoke with the director, mike mcguire, who actually said they did 65 takes. >> who's counting. >> but anyway -- time flies, but he felt like the notion of having the kiss feel like it goes on forever actually brings something to the spot. >> you just wanted to say something. >> long before i was on the commercial, i was a go daddy hosting customer. and i'm using their sites to help promote me as an actor. and as people, we need something

to promote ourselves. >> so it's a natural -- >> they provide all the services i need. >> bar, thank you very much for joining us. this is going to get a lot of reaction when it airs in the super bowl. jesse, i have one word for you. sequel. and, matt, thank you very much as well. >> thank you, guys. >> all right. bye-bye. let's get a check of the weather now from al in san francisco. al? >> hey, guys, thanks so much. we're here with our 49ers fans. that's right. hey, you know what? you know, the ravens are leading in twitter chatter, 420,000 tweets versus the ravens -- 49ers, 370,000. let's see what we've got for super bowl weekend. saturday lake-effect snow around the great lakes. sunny and mild through the gulf coast into the southwest.

super bowl sunday, we are looking at snow in the northeast, frigid conditions around the great lakes, rain in the pacific northwest. for new orleans on super bowl sunday, of course, it's the super dome but it's going to be sunny and mild. 66 for you tailgaters out there. here in san francisco, we're looking at a beautiful day. lots of sunshine, 62. and in baltimore, we're expecting 42 and some snow showers. that's what's going on around the countr >> good morning. we have some snow showers moving across the. this morning. the snow will taper off

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manti te'o girlfriend hoax, mike taibbi is in los angeles. good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. dr. phil mcgraw of the dr. phil show told us after spending hours with ronaiah tuiasosopo he concluded that the california man was a narsiccist, which means he's someone who thinks of himself and not anyone else.

ronaiah tuiasosopo told dr. phil mcgraw he conned manti te'o to falling in love. >> the pain, the sorrow, that was all real. >> reporter: he first killed off the girlfriend character, then in her voice extended the misery. >> why call back and say she's not dead? >> i felt like even if we ended this and moved on with our lives and this wasn't brought back up and the truth wasn't, you know, known, that we wouldn't truly be moving on. >> reporter: he keeps using the word "we" because he, tuiasosopo, acknowledging that he is gay, that he had fallen in love with te'o and he needed to end it so he could get on with his life. he said he was sorry. >> i hurt every day for the decisions i've made. >> reporter: but told mcgraw much of his sorrow is for

himself. >> the me, ronaiah, i was hurting. it hit me like a brick wall. i poured so much into lennay that i, myself, was getting nothing. >> reporter: mcgraw didn't buy his whole story. for example, that it was only tuiasosopo's voice as lennay. >> i love you so much, hon. sweet dreams. >> he had the voice tested. >> the chance that you are the person on that voice mail is like one in 10 million. >> reporter: in the end, the author of a cruel hoax has his 15 minutes of fame, a young man that tv psychologist told us struck him as immature and self involved. >> when you take a narcissistic position like he did, it's all about you. >> reporter: genuinely famous person, accomplished star, the football hero, just a victim, a prop in a one-sided production. there's no cripple case, no lawsuits on the horizon, so end of story, until the next chapter, the nfl draft, which begins april 25th. matt? >> mike taibbi in los angeles,

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game to make a friendly wager. natalie, why don't you get us started? >> i'm joined by baltimore's mayor, stephanie rawlings-blake. it involves some community service. is that right, mayor? >> it does, a little bit of seafood and a lot of service. wendy spencer from americorps with all our volunteers. i can't wait to host him when we win for a day of service with our americorps volunteers. >> second part of that is shuking some crabs? >> world-famous lexington market. >> thank you so much, mayor rawlings-blake. >> thank you. >> what does mayor lee say to that? he will be logging some hours here. >> we have americorps volunteers back here as well. what's your part? we know you'll be bringing, what is it, americorps volunteers. what's happening here? >> we have americorps here, but

we're going to get mayor rawlings-blake -- i love working with her, part of the national mayors conference. she's a great leader. she will be here at the fisherman's wharf, eating crabs. here is what she'll be eating right here, dungeonous crab. >> blue crab. it's blue crab, al. >> that's not blue crab. >> matt and savannah, back to you. >> may the best city and the best team win. >> may the best woman win. >> sounds like a win-win, to be perfectly honest. >> it does, indeed. good luck to both cities. up next, "today's" top click. >> but first your local news and weather. re cute. [ door closes ] [ female announcer ] new special k protein cereal helps keep you fuller longer. willpower. what will you gain when you lose? [ traffic sounds ] ♪

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>> good morning. i am sarah caldwell. happy purple friday. >> 95 and howard county is an area you want to avoid. i crashed right at 32. you are down to the 19 miles per hour there. this approach in 198, there is a crash there. 23 miles per hour southbound. also a bad crash on eastbound 70 at 29. you will see some delays there. in this city, wilkins and

kendall, and 395 on the ramp to northbound 95, that has moved off to the shoulder. reisterstown and st. thomas, lebron, all areas of baltimore county where we are seeing crashes. delays on the inner and outer loop. same story on the west side. outer loop is backing down on a bit. >> here on tv hill we had just over half an inch of snow. there might be a few flurries left northwest of 95. east of 95 is where the significant snow is falling. that is where we will see in excess of an inch or two. 27 is the temperature. west northwest winds at 9 miles per hour.

high temperatures route and freezing. with the winds gusting to 40, it will feel colder than that.

friday morning. it's the 1st of february, 2013. we're kicking off our friday field trips in style, with a great crowd gathered in san francisco, as you just saw. it's about 45, 46 degrees there. now baltimore, with a temperature more like 32, 33. it was snowing there earlier. al's in san francisco. natalie's in baltimore. we'll check in with them in just a little while. here on the plaza, i'm matt lau lauer, along with savannah guthrie. >> they're having so much fun that i think we should hit the road as well. every friday this month we're going to hit the road, visit a great american city. matt and i are going next friday. and on monday, we will tell you which city we will get to visit

a week from today. >> that sounds good. we are going to have more on the super bowl, from those two extremely excited cities in just a couple of minutes. if the people there keep up this level of energy until game time, they will be sound asleep at about 6:00 on sunday. and also we have got wings -- how many people here are going to eat a couple of chicken wings on super bowl sunday? we have got three recipes to share with you today as part of our super bowl wings cook-off. >> smells good. >> three extinctly different recipes, one of them red hot. we'll share those a little later on. >> one of them may require a hazmat suit. and in the wake of cyber attacks that happened to two major newspapers, we have a warning, what you need to do to safeguard your own personal computer to make sure you're safe. natalie is in baltimore. that means tamron hall is over at the news desk with all the headlines. >> hey, matt and savannah and

everyone. an explosion at the entrance to the u.s. embassy in turkey. foreign correspondent richard engel is in istanbul with the latest. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. details are still coming in, but witnesses say that a suicide bomber tried to enter the u.s. embassy using a side door, that he got as far as the first x-ray machine and then detonated some sort of explosive device. the u.s. ambassador quoted by the roueuters news agency says e turkish guard was killed, working for the u.s. embassy. there were many injured, mostly people who were walking by on the street. the u.s. embassy just issued a statement, but didn't provide any details. it said that they are thankful for the actions of the turkish authorities and that more information will be provided later. >> richard engel, thank you very much. admirers and critics alike are remembering former new york city mayor ed koch who died

overnight from congestive heart failure. the current mayor, michael bloomberg, called him new york's champion. he was 88 years old. the cause of thursday's massive explosion in mexico city. at least 25 people were killed and more than 100 others were wounded. officials say the blast took place in a basement at the headquart headquartered complex of mexico's state-owned oil company. the man who has been holding a 5-year-old boy hostage since tuesday in an underground bunker in alabama has allowed police to send medicine and coloring books to that little boy. the kidnapper is suspected of killing a school bus driver who tried to keep him from snatching that child. an alaska airline 737 made a safe, emergency landing in portland, oregon, last night after the pilot became temporarily unconscious during the flight from l.a. to seattle. there were more than 120

passengers and crew members on board and a jetblue flight from new york to san diego was diverted to denver after a passenger allegedly became unruly over a seating dispute. now for a look at what's trending today, a quick roundup of what has you talking online. the story of an applebee waitress after posting a receipt online. the customer wrote, quote, i give god 10%. why do you get 18, in the tip area. jane krakowski hot online after steam iing up our studio, planting kisses on both actor jason bateman and tv's dr. oz, who took precautionary measures and taped up his mouth there. >> chelsea ham bechlt rg.

>> what are you looking at? >> plastic surgery or makeover. you look really hot today. >> you're so annoying, so obnoxious. i specifically covered up so you couldn't look at me and undress me with your molester eyes. >> morgan, marking the second anniversary of his interview show jokingly told chelsea he could help her get a better job. wow! jokes amongst friends, i guess. back to matt and savannah. >> we'll leave it at that. >> on the creep-o-meter, pushing it. al has a check of the weather from san fran. >> i sure do, savannah. miss san francisco from beach blanket bingo. ♪ >> let's face it, the city has a

theme. they don't have a theme in baltimore. they don't have theme songs. no! fantastic. let's check your weather. again, pick city of the day, san francisco, nbc's bay area, stunning, cool. 62 degrees. the weather's even better in san francisco. as you can see, we've got snow down in the midatlantic states, including baltimore. plenty of sunshine in the pacific northwest. we've got some clouds down through the gulf coast. beautiful out west. 77 in beautiful los angeles. lake-effect snow around the great lakes. we've got plenty of sunshine through the southeast and more snow in the midatlantic states. ♪ san francisco open your home again ♪ >> good morning.st weatheat

a disturbance moving across this morning with some snow showers. the pressure coming in with more cold >> that's the latest from san francisco, matt and savannah. where seals are bigger than sharks! look at that. that's a huge, huge seal. >> al, i don't know if you can hear me, but this person over here begs to differ with you. what do you say? he said there's no theme song for baltimore. >> yes, there is a theme song. >> quickly, sing the theme song. you don't know it? never mind, al. we're sorry. we're sorry. false alarm. >> there is a theme song.

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back now at 8:11 with a special edition of "today," friday field trip. >> jenna, al and natalie are spread out across the country, from new orleans, san francisco and baltimore, to get you ready for the game. al, let's start with you in san francisco. >> okay. thanks, guys. let's start with the best. why not? city, that is. it has been 18 years since san francisco and the 49ers have been to the super bowl. you can imagine there are a lot of hopes all riding on this big game on sunday. it all really came to a head with the closing seconds of the nfc championship game. >> three, two, one! >> san francisco 49ers, city by the bay itself. >> i'm linda. >> i'm kathy. >> i'm debbie. >> and we're the faithfulistas.

>> reporter: all female fan club. >> female fans are very educated and so passionate. >> ray and fran reynolds met at a 49ers game, and it was love at first sight. at least for one of them. >> everyone jump ed up and i lok up and here is this beautiful butt right in front of me. i'm going, where did that come from? >> today they're a happily married pair of season ticket holders. >> this is a 49ers shrine. >> life-long niners fan. this is bernadette's first chance to go to a super bowl and she's going in style. >> these are my niner nails. >> banjo man, a fixture at niners game. ♪ we're gonna win the super bowl

and have a lot of fun ♪ yeah, niners! >> that's right, banjo man is there in new orleans. he does not have a ticket for the game. if jenna wolfe can help him out, maybe hook him up, i'm sure he would appreciate that. i don't think it would be that hard to find banjo man there in new orleans. matt, savannah, back to you guys. >> banjo man never blends in. natalie is in baltimore with some rabid raven fans. >> rabid ravens, indeed, they are, savannah. well known for their love of the team, as you can see just by their showing here today. we've got just about everyone representing. they waited a long time for the super bowl as well. 12 years, in fact, since the last time the ravens went to the super bowl. and they won that one. now every friday, all season long, has been purple friday in support of their team. they wear their purple with pride.

in fact, some dyeing their hair in purple. that will last a long time. let's hope that the ravens go home as champs. in fact, here they bleed purple instead of red. >> ravens. >> baltimore is ravens nation. ♪ ravens >> let's go ravens! >> no doubt purple and black are the colors of this city by the bay, nicknamed charm city. >> so much camaraderie back to the city. >> thousands of fans rallied as their team set off for new orleans, especially cheering on their beloved linebacker, ray lewis, expected to retire after a 17-year career. >> baltimore, baltimore, baltimore. going to new orleans for nothing else but to bring another ring back to baltimore. we love you. we love you. >> in the first super bowl

featuring brothers as opposing head coaches, baltimore ravens john harbaugh is ready to take on his brother, jim harbaugh's 49ers. >> no better team than baltimore. awesome. >> another couple getting marry this had weekend, baltimore native. >> honeymoon and super bowl, not many people can say that. >> matt and savannah, a great crowd with me. by the way, that couple will get married tomorrow and the bride will be wearing purple instead of white. now we got dexter here, who is a fan. he knows they're going to win. lynn, show us the back of your head. there you go. that's super fandom right there. >> dedication. >> matt, savannah, i want to see that on you. >> i don't know if i have enough hair to do that. >> natalie, you're right there. you could make a stop.

let's now move to jenna wolfe down in new orleans with what you need to know about the big game. jenna? >> reporter: if anyone knows how to host a party, it is new orleans. it's the tenth year they're hosting the super bowl. from the crossover, she knows something about new orleans and the game. been out all night. >> all night. >> there's a buzz in the city, michelle, isn't there? >> we've got super bowl leading into mardi gras. the streets are busier, earlier in the day, late nights, early mornings. it's a long week. >> is it me or does music just play 24 hours in this town? >> it's not just here. >> that's right. >> all over the city, there's music, all kinds of music coming from everywhere. i saw lil' wayne last night to ra rascal flats. >> your jewelry looks amazing. >> thank you. i brought you, so you were impartial, ravens and san francisco. you don't have to do anything to earn them. >> thank you.

what does the fan need to know about this game? >> john and jim harbaugh playing each other, their parents will be a nervous wreck. two teams that not necessarily expected to be here at the beginning of the season. if you haven't heard about ray lewis by now, i don't know what to do. >> no, you do. you will. >> people will call in sick monday. be ready for that. >> give me one good bit of trivia. >> super bowl xlvii, tenth time in new orleans. first one post katrina. don't say anything about home runs and you should be safe. >> or goals, hockey, anything like that? >> touchdowns. >> michelle from nbc's crossover. back to you in the studio. most talked about videos of the week. today's top clicks, right after this. st light. outdoors, or in.

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and the first one is passwords. you don't even like the term passwords. >> the number one security hole for most people is personal, their personal accounts get exposed when they have insecure passwords. people should be thinking about having something like a passphrase, which is two or three words that aren't going to show up in a dictionary, that are longer. it's harder to guess. that makes it much harder for somebody to crack that account. >> and it is true, you need to have a different password or pass phrase for every account and site you're using? >> that's exactly right. otherwise, somebody gets one of them and they can get into all your accounts. what becomes a challenge then is it's hard to remember all of those things. my recommendation there is to have a password manager. >> give me a couple of examples. >> like pass.com or one pass. you have to remember one password but they can help you manage the rest. >> why are they harder to hack into from the outside? >> they can be hacked, too, but the idea is that you have one especially difficult password that you do commit to memory but

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formula for disaster? >> yes. it's important to have your guard up whenever you're on the internet. sometimes you're getting e-mails from people you trust because their accounts have been compromised. so even your friend of a friend network is a whole -- your colleagues can be a security hole. it's really important to sort of -- every link that looks suspicious, you know, don't just click. make sure you use your common sense. >> if it says, hey, i want you to link to this website, don't click the link. actually go and type in the website? >> yes. >> use http? >> this is a particularly important thing. an e-mail from your bank or facebook, hey, come log in. don't follow those links. type in the address yourself. also when you're on the open web, if you can -- it's very important to use the this tthtt which is to make sure your data is encrypted. >> especially important right now. thank you very much. >> thank you.

now to savannah, willie and tamron. >> today is wear red to raise awareness about heart but not so much as our friend. >> we were supposed to be outside so i had the big red coat and everything. >> this is very personal to you. tell us about that. >> wear red every single day. but in addition to doing a healthy lifestyle i'm going to do a heart healthy restart in exercise and nutrition. >> exercising every day? >> at least 30 minutes a day, which is what the aha recommends, and a whole fitness program, which will be movement base based. >> your doctor has tailored a diet just for you. it would be different for everybody. what is he telling you? >> take out the kninight shade

vegetables like potatoes and peppers and put in things like avocado, that kind of thing. >> we'll hear more about that as tht >> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> happy purple friday. let's get a check of the morning commute with kim dacey. >> we have a bad situation out there on the roads. incidents all throughout the area. we had a couple of situations i- 95 in howard county. those have cleared but we're still slow in both directions. so, is to get towards the capital beltway. but down and sat down on howard county, you will see some delays. greenspring ave is closed between hon to drive and green summit in the city. loch raven and loch te'o, another one there as well.

-- lock hill, another one there as well. you can see that the red l ines indicate delays through the area pretend miles per hour on the north side of the -- 10 miles per hour on the north side of the beltway. inner and outer loop moving very, very slow. >> in this city, just under half an inch of snow has been measured. their verbal snow on the eastern shore. -- measurable snow on the eastern shore. temperatures have been below freezing. at the airport, it is 27 degrees. the winds are going to pick up today. all that is left in the system, the eastern shore has accumulating snow. the wins will be testing the 40 and will make these 30 to 35 regions feel more like 17 to 25.

>> we are back here with another update at 8:56.

1st of february, 2013. bundled up here on rockefeller plaza. natalie and al are in baltimore and san francisco, respectively. i'm savannah guthrie, along with matt lauer and tamron hall. >> getting excited for the game. crowds in those cities and

people from those cities who have travelled to new orleans. the scene will be jumping. in baltimore it was snowing a little earlier on. out to san francisco there, the niners fans are all wrapped up. what do you do for super bowl without a pile of wings? we have our cook-off this morning guaranteed to melt your mouth. >> they say don't touch t i'm not sure how you end up eating it. we'll get to those recipes. and kevin spacey and robin wright are here. we'll talk about their new netflix series "house of cards." >> reading. >> that's called cheating. >> robin doesn't need to cheat, but you -- >> competitive. >> let's start with checking in with al and natalie. who do you want to go first? >> let natalie go first. >> all right, natalie. >> ooh, a raven.

>> al, meet conquer, okay? that's all you have to hear. conquer. the ravens will conquer the 49ers. rig right? >> yeah. >> take that. >> as a famous baltimore author, edgar allen poe once said quote the raven never more. there you have it. we have all our friends here. okay. go long! go long! yeah. all right. let's check your weather, see what we've got going on for you, show you that for the weekend ahead, we are looking at frigid conditions in the eastern third of the country. plenty of flurries around the great lakes. look for sunshine out west, nice and mild through the gulf. sunday, super bowl sunday, more snow in the northeast. we've got showers in the pacific northwest. as far as watching the super bowl, first of all, in new

orleans, they've got a dome. if you're tailgating out the stadium, 66, sunny and mild. as we make our way to san francisco, clouds and sunshine by the afternoon, at 62. and the inner harbor and the rest of beautiful baltimore, they've got some snow and a temperature of 42 degrees. when it comes to the weather, who has it better than us? who's got it better than us? who's got it better than us? tht >> good morning. we have some snow showers moving across the. this morning. the snow will taper off

>> that's your latest weather. >> that went well, al. okay. time for "today's" top clicks, when you get to vote for your favorite videos of the week. willie has a new champion. >> the cat that plays three card monty has been unseated. drum roll please for the new champion. the wendy's drive-thru rap. okay, i got it. ♪ i want a number two with cheese but not the combo, just a accepted witch please ♪ ♪ write this down i want everything on it except no lettuce ♪ >> college freshman from belmont colle college, getting creative with his order at his local wendy's. some discussion whether wendy's might have been involved in this one. >> oh, really? >> went off without a hitch, seemed to be ready with the

order. >> nine different camera angles. could be well produced. >> he has nice skills. wendy's couldn't help him with that. >> rhyme frosty with. >> exactly. that's our champion. pretty good challengers this week. number two, a sting operation, featuring the letter b from video prankster roman atwood. >> you got a b on you. you got a b on you. >> where is it? >> on your back. >> oh, it's right there. oh, no. you got it. got it. >> oh, thanks. oh, my god. >> this is cruel. to do that to a stranger. look at that. >> some people take it in stride, at least the ones they show. >> i don't think it would be funny. >> maybe you'll like this one better. slightly sophisticated brand of humor, reminding the academy why the "les mis" actress might win

the oscar ♪ consider me on oscar night anne hathaway "les miserables" ♪ ♪ i played a prostitute who died her life was really sad and awful ♪ >> love the pronunciation of "les miserables," emma fitzpatrick, film student at the university of southern california, what some have called a too obvious oscar campaign on the part of ann hath aaway. >> she stuck the landing on "les miserables." >> she did. this is a pep talk from kid president. >> a poem. two roads diversed in the woods and i took the road less traveled. and it hurt, man!

there were rocks, thorns and glass! tires broke. not cool! >> that's 9-year-old robby novak from tennessee. as i said, we met him on thursday. his motto is less complain iing more -- >> he's like the cutest kid. does he win is the question. >> let's recap our top pick choices, wendy's drive-thru rap, anne hathaway, letter b prank and kid president. >> you can vote by phone as well. matter of fact, take a look. kevin spacey, already casting his vote. meanwhile, robin has lost the will to live. first this is "today" on nbc.

kevin spacey and robin wright have been friends for more than 20 years. >> now they're star nth new n f netflix original series "house of cards" and have struggles like any married pair. >> what is this? >> what does it look like? >> but the basement is mine. >> i know. it's not for me. >> who is it for? >> for you. >> there's a gym in the capital. >> which you never use. >> i'm a tad busy running the country. is this your subtle way of saying that i'm out of shape? >> no. it's my way of suggesting you could be in better shape. >> that sounds both passive aggressive and condescending. >> good morning to both. netflix content.

>> 13 episodes at once, released on netflix, which sounds unusual. this is the way people view tv these days anyway, isn't it? >> part of the argument for putting it out there the way that we are. what did you do over the weekend? so many times i'm hearing friends say i stayed home and watched two seasons of "breaking bad" or two seasons of "dexter." one, people do have long attention spans. for many years, intelligent people thought they didn't. if they're consuming it that way, one of the reasons why perhaps there's so much piracy, like "game of thrones" is one of the most pirated series in history -- >> building over it for weeks, people talking about it for several days and then here comes the next episode. >> this trend that we wanted to fall prey to in a sense, it's consumersville u.s.a. why not give the people what they want, instead of dangling

the bait? >> the "new york times" calls this concept binge viewing. you watch it all in one sitting. starting today on netflix, you could watch all 13 episodes if you wanted to. let's talk about the content now. you play a very shrewd politician who, i don't know if i can say this on tv, screwed over by the president-elect. >> you don't know if you're allowed to say screwed-over yet? >> well, i just did. >> the ceil room is going, cut, cut. >> tell us about your character. is it time to get mad or get even? >> the way i've viewed this experience so far is i've had the most remarkable time with robin and our writer, in playing what feels like a championship chess match. it's all about moves and it's all about how this particular character i'm playing seems to have an absolute authority in being able to figure out how people are going to respond. so he's thinking 12 moves ahead.

for us, it felt like i'm doing a really long movie instead of episodics. >> and if it's like a chess game, robin, you've known him 20 years. you would be friends. my first question would be why did you decide to work with him? but anyway, was it easy? the dialogue we just saw, timing has to be just right. was it easy to pick up? >> we have a beautiful dance rhythm together. we never got to work with each other 20 years ago. we had one scene in a film. to get to do this on a daily basis, the most consummate actor, and to have that banter on a daily basis, whether you get thrown a ball of improv and he'll catch it and -- it's so much fun. but the calm calculated duo with the insashable dritiable drive >> she's a perfect lady macbeth.

>> i'm a flight to los angeles, i'm on the plane, 2 1/2 hours into the flight i realized we were sitting right next to each other. >> and i've known you for about 20 years. >> exactly. we didn't even recognize each other until we came out of the bathroom -- we didn't come out of the bathroom together. she came out and then -- >> mile high. >> i think we learned something about the plane etiquette. you don't look up and look at the other passengers. >> it was fun actually. >> kevin spacey, robin wright, good luck. >> thank you. >> "house of cards" on netflix. first this is "today" on nbc.

back now with "today's" first-ever chicken wing cook-off. americans will consume 1.2 billion chicken wings this weekend. that's enough to circle the

globe twice. >> our three finalists here, sherri williams from florida, and nancy juddfrom utah. sonny anderson from the food network, our judge. what is the name of your recipe? >> my recipe is asian jerk. onion powder, ginger, white pepper and cilantro. next thing i do, throw them in a ziploc bag, put them in the refrigerator at least four hours. we want to fry them. >> okay. >> fry them for seven to eight minutes until golden brown or until the juices run clear. >> got it. >> once you fry them, the next thing -- >> sauce is cooking over here. >> less important part is the sauce. >> what's in that? >> the star of the sauce is

uncle gary's. >> it's spicy and sweet. and i can taste the cilantro but it's not overpowering. i like that. >> with me right now, we'll do apricot shellacked ghost chili chicken wings. >> they get all the flavor from the ghost chili. it's eight times hotter than a habanero. >> yes. >> it was formally one of the hottest chili's in the world. >> what else goes in there? >> to balance some that have heat out -- this isn't food. it's not meant for people to eat. >> oh, good. >> get ready. >> that's right. now you tell me. >> we try to balance it out with honey and brown sugar. bourbon in there. >> you fry the chicken wings first, right? >> that's right.

>> if the heat doesn't get you, the cholesterol will? >> that's right. >> ooh-wee. >> they cook in there how long? >> about ten minutes until they get golden and crispy. >> then what, saw today them in that? >> give them a quick toss in there. >> sonny, you tasted this. what do you think? >> i've got to tell you, i have had one square inch before. there's two teaspoons of it ground up in there, i would like to take a swig of this milk and move on to the next one. >> bourbon would be more fitting. >> you make mountains of these? >> i do. >> how do you do it? >> separated and i use four pans at a time in two ovens. >> what does the sauce look like? >> brown sugar and vinegar, soy sauce, orange juice, orange marmalade, ginger, garlic and

the key ingredients are the wasabi paste. >> that's a lot of wasabi, nancy. >> i don't think so, no. >> and then, mild, spicier than -- jalapeno. >> and wasabi? >> trying to kill me today. >> and then if you want them hotter, use a habanero. this is really evil. >> we'll hear from sonny on this. >> can you give us the verdict on these three wings and who the winner was? >> the first one was delicious. it's an excellent wing, great balance of flavors there. second one, spicy, sticky. third one, sticky. i love the wasabi. i have to tell you, i would go back 1,000 times over and eat the whole platter of the second wing, finger-licking good.

>> is that a golden -- thanks, everybody. we're back with much more of "today" on a friday morning. first this is "today" on nbc. hey! did you know that honey t cheerios

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air buddy and brutus, sons of the famed air bud from the popular movie. >> author of "go buddy:the air bud story." talk to me about these dogs. >> pleasure to be here. air bud are the peyton manning of the dog world. championship game for the niners and it all started with just a game of fetch. >> son of the original, okay. >> in the book chronicles buddy's seven-year journey. hut, hut, hut. go, buddy, go! okay. sibling rivalry. one more. hut, hut. come here. come here. come here. hut, going deep. >> go long. >> go long.

>> want to try one, matt? >> sure. >> ten seconds, matt. >> real quick. i've got a glove on. >> hut. go, go, go deep, buddy! >> yeah! completed pass. >> thank you so much. we're back in a moment with a look at "today's" friday flashback. >> terrible story out of brazil. victims of that deadly nightclub fire. >> there may have been 1,000 or more patrons in the club at the time, well above the capacity. ed koch, former mayor of new york city is dead at the age of 88. >> holding a 5-year-old hostage in his underground bunker. >> he was basically a ticking time bomb. >> as policy alienates young people. >> new questions this morning in the death of mindy mccready's boyfriend. >> did you kill david? >> oh, my god, no.

>> is it an open competition if you decide to run? >> american politics is always an open competition. >> it's amazing how we improved health for the poorest children in the world. >> i feel like i'm getting a second chance to start over. >> you can do anything you want now. and nothing is holding us back. >> i'm happy. there's a lot of chaos but we make it work. >> you make me laugh. you're great. >> your child in that box right there. >> are you ready to open the box? >> it's a boy. >> you're really, really disturbingly good at this. >> have you accepted that you're now a celebrity? >> yeah. >> go team. >> put one down. >> which one? >> who has it better than us? nobody! >> oh, man. >> you guys ate up --

>> how long have you guys played together? >> we don't. >> you don't? first time for everything. >> getting any tongue there or -- >> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am sarah caldwell. john leopold will have to wait a little longer to learn his fate. the judge found leopold guilty of two counts of misconduct and has set a sentencing date for march 14.

back in a minute with a check on

. , just undering half an inch of snow. a little bit is enough to make it slippery out there. 30 to 35 for the high. maybe some afternoon flurries. gusty winds. near 40.